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I Spy

The Master of Disguise

I Spy

Foreign Policy

History, News, Society & Culture

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this first episode of I Spy, CIA agent Jonna Mendez is sent to a capital city in Asia to help steal a top-secret encryption machine from a Soviet Embassy. Mendez’s job in the operation is to fashion disguises for the team. She would go on to become the chief of disguise at the CIA’s Office of Technical Service. Check out I Spy's merch by going to https://store.dftba.com/collections/i-spy Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code ISPY at checkout to claim this offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Stream your favorite crime all the time on Pluto TV.

0:04.0

The investigation is ongoing.

0:06.0

Uncover true crime documentaries.

0:08.0

Well, this is interesting.

0:09.0

Do some serious time with bingable dramas.

0:12.0

My name's Gil Grissom.

0:13.0

I'm with the Las Vegas Crime Law.

0:15.0

Everything from CSI.

0:16.0

We got you.

0:17.0

To police intercepts.

0:18.0

Police in the dog.

0:19.0

There are loads of channels

0:21.0

dedicated to the crime shows you love.

0:23.4

That's what I do.

0:25.2

Stream all day with nothing to pay.

0:28.8

Pluto TV.

0:30.3

This is I Spy. the show from foreign policy, where spies tell their stories.

0:37.0

This was a machine that the Soviets were using to encode and to transmit their messages around the world.

0:52.0

This was a cipher machine.

0:53.0

These machines were guarded like the prize that they were.

0:57.0

This is the heart of every intelligence agency in the world,

1:02.0

the way that you communicate back and forth.

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